PAUL MCCARTNEY is a well-known pop icon with a huge career both as a member of The Beatles and as a solo performer.
But how much is he worth and what did he do when the Fab Four split? Here’s all you need to know.
How old is Paul McCartney and is he married?
Sir Paul McCartney was born in Walton, Liverpool on June 18, 1942.
He attended Stockton Wood Road Primary School in Speke from 1947 until 1949.
In 1949, he transferred to Joseph Williams Junior School in Belle Vale.
In 1953, he passed the 11-plus exam, meaning he could attend the local grammar school.
He met bandmate George Harrison at school, and the pair quickly became friends.
McCartney has been married three times – to Linda Eastman from 1969 until her death from breast cancer in 1998; to Heather Mills from 2002 until their divorce in 2008; before marrying his current wife Nancy Shevell in 2011.
McCartney has five children.
He legally adopted his first wife Linda’s daughter Heather and they went on to have Mary, Stella and James.
He also had a daughter with his second wife Heather Mills, called Beatrice.
Sir Paul turned 81 in June 2023.
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What’s Paul McCartney’s net worth?
Sir Paul is one of the richest musicians in the world.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, he has a net worth of $1.2billion (around £978.4million).
He will have earned the huge amount throughout his successful music career.
What did Paul McCartney do after the Beatles broke up?
The Beatles would make for a pretty tough act to follow, but Paul had a hugely successful career after the legendary band parted ways.
Following the break up, McCartney released his debut solo album in 1970: McCartney, before forming the band Wings with first wife Linda, and Denny Laine.
Wings became one of the most successful bands of the 1970s, with more than a dozen international top 10 singles and albums.
But Sir Paul later spoke about the depression he suffered after the Beatles broke up, confessing he considered giving up music altogether.
“It was difficult to know what to do after The Beatles. How do you follow that?” he told BBC Radio 4.
“I was depressed. You would be. You were breaking from your lifelong friends.”
McCartney also admitted turning to alcohol – and only pulled himself out of it after meeting Linda.
He told GQ Magazine: “In truth, I just took to booze. There wasn’t much time to have mental health issues, it was just, f*** it, it’s boozing or sleeping.”
When John Lennon was shot and killed outside his Manhattan home in 1980, McCartney was forced to take a decade out from touring over increased security concerns, but returned to music in the 1990s and 2000s.
In 1997 he was knighted by The Queen “for services to music”.
In 2020, he announced that he would be signing off on a new album McCartney III – 40 years after McCartney II.
The release was named The Sun’s Album of the Year in 2020.
Outside of music Sir McCartney has also been a strong advocate of vegetarianism and animal rights.
Where can I watch The Beatles’ documentary Let It Be?
The Beatles’ 1970 documentary Let It Be is coming to Disney+ in May.
After decades out of circulation the documentary has been restored by Peter Jackson’s production company.
Let It Be follows the recording sessions of the band’s final album.
It was originally released weeks after the Beatles officially announced their split.
In a statement Jackson said: “I’m absolutely thrilled that … Let it Be has been restored and is finally being rereleased after being unavailable for decades.
“I’ve always thought that Let It Be is needed to complete the Get Back story.”
